keeping up with the kardashians

It's that time of the year again. Seasonal snow is on its way and the holiday lights are making their big debut, but most importantly, it's time for Barbara Walters to unveil her annual 10 Most Fascinating People list.

And it looks like the first family of reality TV -- the Kardashians -- made the cut. The 'Keeping Up With the Kardashians' stars Kris Jenner, Kim Kardashian and sisters Kourtney and Khloe all made Walters' list.

After raking in a reported $65 million in 2010, launching a new clothing line for Sears, airing a four-hour wedding special, having one of the most talked about divorce scandals of the year and making headlines on a daily basis, it looks like the Kardashians not only fascinate Walters, but they also fascinate the public.

The Kardashians will have a bit of reality TV company. Music mogul and 'The X Factor' judge Simon Cowell made the list, as well as businessman -- and 'The Apprentice' star -- Donald Trump.

And now for today's news from the world of the Kardashians ... Kim's older sister Kourtney has announced that she is pregnant. She told 'Us Weekly' that she took a pregnancy test about five weeks ago and is now nine weeks pregnant. "You're supposed to wait 12 weeks to tell people," said Kourtney, "but I feel confident."

This will be Kourtney's second baby with her partner Scott Disick, and the pregnancy will no doubt be an integral part of the 2012 instalments of the Kardashian reality TV empire.

The couple's first child, Mason is almost two, and Scott told 'Us Weekly' that while this pregnancy wasn't planned, "It wasn't like we weren't trying. We kind of just said, 'If it's meant to be, it'll be.'"

When it comes to Kim Kardashian and her family, there are several different sentiments. Some people absolutely can't get enough of them, others can't be bothered either way, and then there's that group of haters -- we're sure you know someone in this camp -- who want nothing more than to rid humanity of any Kardashian reference.

Just over 1,700 hours, or 103,680 minutes, or 72 days -- that's how long Kim Karadashian's marriage to Kris Humphries lasted. Even their whirlwind three-month-long engagement was longer than their newlywed bliss.

We're not judging -- OK, maybe just a little -- but there are so many other monumental things that have happened and happen every day that are a much better use of 72 days' time.

Here, an eclectic list of things that take 72 days to accomplish, just in case these two decide to put things into perspective one day.

People can (and will) talk about this for days -- weeks! months even! -- trying to analyze the situation and pinpoint exactly what went wrong, but the truth of the matter is it's probably a lot more cut-and-dry than anyone knows. The marriage was simply bad for business.

From the pressure on Kim to change her last name (the nerve!) to their inability as a couple to secure their own spin-off series on E!, the writing was on the wall. Let's take a look and see why this marriage was doomed from the start to decide who, if anyone, will come out on top.

People say there's already trouble in paradise for newlyweds Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries, but they were all smiles celebrating Kim's 31st birthday this weekend at Marquee Nightclub at the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas.

Joined by mom Kris Jenner, sister and brother-in-law Khloe and Lamar Odom and (random) 'Dancing With the Stars' pro and Kim's one-time 'DWTS' partner Mark Ballas, People reports that Kim "looked like a happy and relaxed birthday girl in her VIP area, holding hands and kissing Humphries."

No sign of stepdad Bruce Jenner, sister Kourtney and her boyfriend Scott, brother Rob (who's still on 'DWTS' himself) or any other celebrity pals. Maybe they're still exhausted from that media storm of a wedding ...

Didn't get an invite either? Check out some pictures from the red carpet and inside the club after the jump.

You'd think the highlight of Part 2 of 'Kim's Fairytale Wedding' on 'Keeping Up With the Kardashians' (Mon., 9PM ET on E!) would be the exchanging of the vows, but you'd be wrong. How about Bruce Jenner going incongnito into a sex shop for bachelorette party supplies?

Okay, so the nuptials were the highlight, but we still loved Papa Bruce's hat and sunglasses for his first foray into a sex shop.

It was the last half of the four-hour wedding extravaganza, and the Kardashian family needed to get it together before the big day!

It was Part One of 'Kim's Fairy Tale Wedding' on 'Keeping Up With the Kardashians' (Sun., 8PM ET on E!), which meant two full hours of the lead-up to the wedding. One recurring theme was Khloe coming down hard on Kris Humphries about his intentions in marrying Kim.

This, from the girl who just about married Lamar the same day she met him! (Actually, it was about a month later, but still.) She even presented the possiblity that this was an opportunistic move on his part, because being with Kim has already elevated his media status.

Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries tied the knot back in August, but this weekend we'll finally get to see all the details in their four-hour, two-night E! special, 'Kim's Fairytale Wedding' (airs Sun., Oct. 9, 8PM ET and Mon., Oct. 10, 9PM ET).

The newlyweds have been making the rounds this week, reminding people that there's still a ton of cool footage to see in the special, but they've also been answering questions about their future.

On 'The Tonight Show' the other night, Kim casually dropped this nugget about life as a basketball wife: "We could have to pack up and move somewhere like the Midwest. Who knows?" And, sorry if this makes us cynics, but it sounds like she's laying the groundwork for another zany Kardashian spin-off.

It got us thinking ... what would/should/could the inevitable Kim and Kris spin-off be? After the jump, a few ideas that just might work.

Yes, according to some people. Kim Kardashian has the dubious distinction of being named "The Most Annoying Celebrity" according to people who voted in Parade.com's poll of irritating famous people.

The reality TV star clinched victory from the no longer "winning" Charlie Sheen. Between them the pair garnered a whopping 56 percent of the votes, proving that a lot of people really do find them annoying.

Looks like Hoda Kotb's got a slew of new drinking buddies for next week: The entire Kardashian family -- Kim, Kourtney, Khloe, mom Kris and stepdad Bruce Jenner -- will take turns filling in for Kathie Lee during the fourth hour of the 'Today' show next week.

NBC announced today that the K-named E! reality stars will fill the co-anchor slot in order to promote next weekend's epic Kim Kardashian wedding special on E!.

Khloe's up on Monday, followed by Bruce on Tuesday, Kris on Wednesday, Kourtney on Thursday and Kim bringing up the rear on Friday -- just in time to plug 'Kim's Fairytale Wedding: A Kardashian Event,' which debuts Sun., Oct. 9 at 8PM ET on NBC sister station E!.

The first plan involved the whole family, though only Kris Jenner knew what was happening. But when Kris and Kim fought on the way over, he felt the time wasn't right. So he set up an elaborate proposal moment in their home, which was perhaps even sweeter.

Kim walked in to the words "Will You Marry Me?" in rose petals with Kris kneeling behind him holding the ring. It was then that he asked her. And while she admitted she was speechless, it was still pretty funny that she waited until after she saw the $2 million ring to say, "Yes."

Kris Humprhies was put in a difficult position on 'Keeping Up With the Kardashians' (Sun., 10PM ET on E!). On the one hand, he wanted to defend his girlfriend Kim, but on the other hand she was fighting with her brother and Kris wasn't yet part of the family.

It wasn't a physical fight, but when Kim started calling Rob a loser because he doesn't really have a job or a direction yet in his life, he went after her. She accused him of saying their father would have been disappointed in them for their careers, and then said that everyone thought he was bipolar.

It's a little bit anticlimactic seeing all these faux tense scenes between Kris Humphries and Kim Kardashian on 'Keeping Up With the Kardashians' (Sun., 10PM ET on E!). We already know they got married, but that doesn't make it any less fun to watch him wonder what he's getting into each week. We wonder it about ourselves every time the show starts.

This week, he found out about Kim's little discussed marriage back when she was 19. It came up organically in the conversation, as they'd started talking about Humprhies' biracial heritage. Especially when they discovered that his grandparents had a biracial marriage.

Kim casually mentioned that when she got married, her father wouldn't talk to her for weeks, which left Humphries' jaw on the floor.